Herbie Mann - Complete Recordings: 1959-1962 (CD)

Herbie Mann - The Complete Recordings Part III 1959-1962 Having already put out an impressive body of work by the end of 1958, Manns career witnessed a major creative shift thanks to one Sid Torin. Better known as Symphony Sid, Torin was the DJ credited by many as having introduced bebop into the mainstream, and it was he who suggested Mann add a conga player to his group. This, coupled with a State Department funded tour of Africa, influences the Afro-Cuban jazz album Flautista! (Verve, 1959). Recorded live at Basin Street East, New York on 30th June that year and featuring renowned percussionist Carlos Patato Valdes, the record was a vital stylistic development for Mann, and for the jazz genre as a whole. Across the next few years Herbie Mann's albums would become a veritable smorgasbord of legendary jazz percussionists, with 1960s Flute, Brass, Vibes And Percussion (Verve, 1961) regarded as one of Manns finest recordings, due in no small part to the inclusion of Ray Barretto and Ray Mantilla. This four disc collection features eight complete albums from one of the most exciting and experimental phases of Herbie Mann's career, and serves as a perfect illustration of how this unique, exciting and ultimately fearless musician favored the exotic over the traditional or mainstream and in so doing ended up among the most respected jazz men of all time.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Todos Locos
2. Cuban Patato Chip
3. Come on, Mule
4. The Amazon River
5. Caravan
6. Baghdad/Asia Minor
7. Walkin'
8. Sawa Sawa de
9. St. Thomas
10. High Life
11. Uhuru
12. Night in Tunisia
13. The Common Ground

Disc: 2

1. Why Don't You Do Right'
2. Guinean
3. The Puppet
4. Shein VI Di Levone
5. Moanin'
6. This Little Girl of Mine
7. The Song of Delilah
8. Au Privave
9. Dearly Beloved
10. You Stepped Out of a Dream
11. I'll Remember April
12. A Ritual
13. Fife 'N Tamborine Corps
14. Autumn Leaves

Disc: 3

1. Comin' Home Baby
2. Summertime
3. It Ain't Necessarily So
4. Brazil
5. Copacabana
6. Minha Saudade
7. B.N. Blues
8. One Note Samba
9. Me Faz Recorar

Disc: 4

1. Right Now
2. Desafinado
3. Challil
4. Jumpin' with Symphony Sid
5. Borquinho
6. Cool Heat
7. Carnival
8. Meditation
9. Free for All
10. St. Thomas
11. Sorimao
12. Jungle Fantasy
13. Bedouin
14. Sudan
15. Ekunda
16. Guinean